COPS WON'T RAID OLYMPIC VILLAGE

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) New South Wales state police say they have no
intention of raiding the Olympic Village for athletes suspected of using
performance enhancing **drugs** at the 2000 games.

Police issued a statement Friday denying newspaper reports that the
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) had discussed searches on the athletes'
village with police.

"The NSW police service wishes to make clear that it has had no discussions
with the Australian Olympic Committee regarding **drug** searches in the
Athletes Village during the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games," the
statement said.

Lesley Honeyman, the deputy director of intelligence at the Olympic
Security Command Center, said raids on the Olympic Village and other 2000
Games venues for personal-use amounts of **drugs** would breach police
protocol.

"The **policy** is that use of a performance enhancing **drug** is not a
law enforcement priority," Honeyman said.

Checked-by: derek rea